Employee Assistance Program

Do you have staff? Ensure you are compliant with The Mental Health Law

Stigma Reduction

Prescription Psychiatrists and Psychologists recommends that the business entity provide formal education for all staff including senior management as to inform them to their legal capacity or rights regarding mental health.

Identification

Prescription Psychiatrists and Psychologists recommends that a business entity considers implementing anonymous psychometric tests which are taken by all staff prior to an employee having a '1 on 1 session'.

Ongoing Support

Prescription Psychiatrists and Psychologists recommends that the business entity provides equal access to all employees in entities that are within the Philippines, including the highest ranking management in an entity.

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are a benefit schemes which are valuable for employees and employers, primarily promoting health and happiness. Employees sometimes experience situations or circumstances which may require specialized medical care. Our EAP is designed to assist your employees and resolve mental health problems thus securing their emotional well-being and increasing fiscal job performance. All interactions with employees are confidential between the doctor and the patient. Our EAP assists with trauma, depression, anxiety, diminished performance, attitudes, anger management and much more.

Why include Counseling Services in our EAP?

Majority of humans perfer talking one-on-one with an experienced, licensed mental health specialist for support compared to watching a video or reading a flyer. The effectiveness of counseling cannot be compared to methods which are not face-to-face. Counseling is the optimal treatment for stress management, strengthening relationships, trauma, grief and loss, depression, suicidal thoughts, anger management and more.

How You Can Improve Employee Mental Health at Work?

According to the study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease in 2015, it reported that 5.3 million Filipinos suffer from depressive disorders, with suicide rates of in 2.5 males and 1.7 in females per 100,000. According to these studies, mental health issues are 99.87% going to impact you or someone you know.

As an employer who is responsible for your employees’ mental health and wellbeing. You may be looking to provide options and benefits that can greatly help and assist your team members and staff who are dealing with these issues.

One good way to do that is to offer open access to an internal employee assistance program (EAP). A viable corporate EAP can help employees and staff with a variety of issues in an out of the workplace including:

Mental Health Issues

Personal Issues

Family issues

Work related issues

Here we will focus on how your company’s EAP can help your staff dealing with mental health conditions and how they can access the benefits of the said program.

Mental Health in the Workplace

We all know that mental health matters. While it may seem a personal issue, its effects reach further than personal life and could impact work life. Research conducted by the Center for Prevention and Health services in the US estimates that mental health and substance abuse disorders could costs businesses up to $105 billion per year.

The good news is, an employees assistance program or EAP connects employees and staff to professional and confidential assistance for a variety of issues ranging from mental, personal and work issues. This assistance can tremendously help the productivity of employees and staffs after all a happy employee is a productive employee.

To make sure that your employees have access to reliable mental health services and support, look into these key offerings:

Short term Counselling

In the Philippines finding a therapist might feel out of reach for employees especially those who are suffering from work-related stress and mental health conditions. But a good EAP can make it very simple.

With a good employee assistance program, counseling is just a phone call away or even a one on one session with a local clinician. Employer’s who provide this service ensure that their staff and employees get access to help immediately without worrying about the costs.

Employee counseling can help with the following:

Anxiety at work

Stress at home

Stress in personal relationships

Depression

Addiction issues

While this service is available to employees, many employers extend these counseling services to the immediate family members of the employee.

With the mental health act, confidentiality is a cornerstone of this service. This is one of the biggest things employers must look into as well.

If your company is looking to roll out an employee assistance program for your employees, Prescription Psychiatrists and Psychologists can help. Fill out the form on the right or give us a call today!